Collar-fastener



(No Model.) I

M. IRMADDOX.

COLLAR FASTENER.

'N 0.'322,462. PatentedJuly 21, 1-885.

WITNESSES: I I I INVENTEJ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON F. MADDOX, OEBLOOMINGDALE, INDIANA.

COHLLAR-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,462, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed April 3, 1885. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON F. MADpoX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomingdale, in the county of Parke and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Improved Gollar-Fastener andNecktie-Guard, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class ofcollar-fastenings which are de signed to secure the collar to theneckband of the shirt at each side of the neck, and secure, also, thescarf or necktie to the collar.

The object of my improvement is to provide a device for the purposementioned which will not mar the outside of the collar or injure thescarf, and which can be easily applied to the shirt while on the body.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2, a sideelevation showing the fastening in position, the shirt-neckband, thecollar, and the necktie being shown in section. In both figures theparts are shown larger than in actual-use.

The collar-fastening consists of the springclasp a, formed of sheetmetal and having one jaw serrated and turned inward in the usualwell-known manner. On the back of the opposite jaw, 12, is a projection,0, having its outer edge serrated or otherwise adapted to engage a clothband. The piece of metal forming jaw b is made longer than the opposedjaw,

. and is turned back upon itself to form a loop,

(1, the outer part of which rests against the edge of the projection 0,thus forming asecond clasp, e.

The operation of my device as a collar-fast ener is as follows:'Thecollar-band f, about midway between the center and one end, is

slipped into the clasp 0 till the lower edge of the collar rests in theturn of loop (1. The collar g is now buttoned to the shirt-band, andclasp a, being held open by pressing its upper portions together, iseasily slipped over and attached to the edge of the neckband j of theshirt. The collar is prevented from working up by the projection c, andis thusheld to the n'eckband between the usual points of fastening, mydesign being to use a pair of the fasteners, one on each end of thecollar.

For the purpose of holding a scraf-necktie in place, so that it will notwork up on the collar 1 form continuously with the piece formshown. Mydevice differs from that in that it canbe easily secured to the neckbandof the shirt while on the body, it does not indent the outside surfaceof the collar,.and it effectually secures the scarf by embracing it,instead of by sharp points entering the material of the scarf.

I claim as my invention- The herein-described spring-hinged clasp,consisting of the-two members a and b, the member a bent at right anglesat one of its ends and provided with teeth, and the other member, I),having the loops dand hand teeth 0 formed integral therewith,substantially as described.

MILTON F. MADDOX.

WVitnesses:

H. P. Hoop, V. M. H001).

